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Neil Pearson(I)

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  • Director
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Neil Pearson
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
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Neil was born in South London, the eldest of three. He was educated at Woolverstone Hall, a boarding school in Suffolk, where he gained his first acting experience. He trained at the Central School for Speech and Drama and spent the 1980s in constant work in the theatre and playing small TV parts, especially in sitcoms such as That's Love (1988) and Chelmsford 123 (1988). His break came in 1990 as "Dave", in the award winning sitcom Drop the Dead Donkey (1990), and his success has been further established as the lead in the highly acclaimed TV police drama Between the Lines (1992). He still lives (alone) in South London and supports Spurs.
BornApril 27, 1959
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BornApril 27, 1959
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  • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
    • 1 nomination total

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Robert Duncan and Neil Pearson in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990)
Neil Dudgeon, Jason Hughes, and Neil Pearson in Midsomer Murders (1997)
Neil Pearson and Stephen Tompkinson in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990)
Neil Pearson in Death in Paradise (2011)
Neil Pearson in The State Within (2006)
Emma Chambers and Neil Pearson
Emma Chambers and Neil Pearson
Susannah Doyle, Robert Duncan, Ingrid Lacey, Neil Pearson, Jeff Rawle, David Swift, Stephen Tompkinson, and Victoria Wicks in Drop the Dead Donkey (1990)

Known for

Colin Firth, Renée Zellweger, and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Bridget Jones's Diary
6.8
  • Richard Finch
  • 2001
Colin Firth, Renée Zellweger, and Patrick Dempsey in Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
Bridget Jones's Baby
6.5
  • Richard Finch
  • 2016
Colin Firth, Renée Zellweger, and Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
6.0
  • Richard Finch
  • 2004
Tony Doyle, Tom Georgeson, Neil Pearson, and Siobhan Redmond in Between the Lines (1992)
Between the Lines
8.2
TV Series
  • DSU Tony Clark
  • Tony Clark

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Actor

  • The Magician's House
    • Jack Green
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 1999
  • Rory McGrath, Jimmy Mulville, Neil Pearson, and Philip Pope in Chelmsford 123: The Revival (2022)
    Chelmsford 123: The Revival
    • Mungo
    • Director
    • Poet ...
    • Podcast Series
    • 2022
  • Father Brown (2013)
    Father Brown
    • Sir Toby Dobson
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • The Man (2019)
    The Man
    • Phil
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • In Extremis (2017)
    In Extremis
    • Doctor
    • 2017
  • The Other One (2017)
    The Other One
    • Paul
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Colin Firth, Renée Zellweger, and Patrick Dempsey in Bridget Jones's Baby (2016)
    Bridget Jones's Baby
    • Richard Finch
    • 2016
  • Linus Roache and Simon Rivers in ID2: Shadwell Army (2016)
    ID2: Shadwell Army
    • Dave
    • 2016
  • Hermione Norris and Katherine Parkinson in In the Club (2014)
    In the Club
    • Jonathan
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2016
  • Angela Griffin, Liam Scholes, Ava Flannery, Vincent Jerome, Noah Valentine, Katherine Pearce, Thapelo Ray, and Adam Ali in Waterloo Road (2006)
    Waterloo Road
    • Vaughan Fitzgerald
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2015
  • The Portrait (2014)
    The Portrait
    • Roger
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Ben Miller in Death in Paradise (2011)
    Death in Paradise
    • Doug Anderson
    • TV Series
    • 2013
  • James Nesbitt in Monroe (2011)
    Monroe
    • Alistair Gillespie
    • TV Series
    • 2012
  • Lee Ingleby and Martin Shaw in Inspector George Gently (2007)
    Inspector George Gently
    • Alan Shepherd
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Neil Dudgeon and John Nettles in Midsomer Murders (1997)
    Midsomer Murders
    • Eddie Stanton
    • TV Series
    • 2011
  • Geraldine McEwan and Julia McKenzie in Marple (2004)
    Marple
    • Inspector Lejeune
    • TV Series
    • 2010

Director

  • Power Monkeys (2016)
    Power Monkeys
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2016

Writer

  • Secret Knowledge (2013)
    Secret Knowledge
    • written by
    • TV Series
    • 2016

Videos3

Privates On Parade
Trailer 2:51
Privates On Parade
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Trailer 2:31
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Rhodes: All The World's Diamonds
Trailer 3:05
Rhodes: All The World's Diamonds

Personal details

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  • Born
    • April 27, 1959
    • London, England, UK
  • Parents
    • John Pearson
  • Other works
    Plays Colin in "Benefactors" by Michael Frayn - UK tour (July 2002).
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    • 3 Interviews
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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  • Trivia
    Because his character Tony Clark in Between the Lines (1992) always seemed to end up getting his kit off, the programme was nicknamed "Between the Sheets".

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